Catharina Hoffers1

F, #7695, b. circa 1641, d. before 3 April 1691

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NGK (Cape Town) Marriages1665-1695NGK (Cape Town) Marriages 1665-1695
Last Edited05/12/2015
Birth*Catharina Hoffers was born circa 1641 in Dordrecht.2,3
 
Marriage*She married Nikolaas Reiniersen van der Sande circa 1670.4,5,6
 
Marriage*She married Aldert van Jaarsveld, son of Jan Alderse and Anneken Pieters, on 27 October 1680 Nederduitsche Gereformeerde Kerk, Rotterdam.7,1
 
Marriage*She married Bernardus Mensingh on 19 November 1689 Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town), de Caep de Goede Hoop.8
 
Death*She died before 3 April 1691 de Caep de Goede Hoop.9
 
Inventory*Catharina's jewelry was inventoried on 16 June 1691.10

Family 1

Nikolaas Reiniersen van der Sande b. c 1640, d. b 13 Oct 1680
Child

Family 2

Aldert van Jaarsveld b. b 15 Feb 1639
Children
Travel* In 1679,Catharina Hoffers travelled from Batavia apparently enroute to Nederland as the widow of Nikolaas Reiniersen van der Sande and accompanied by an unnamed daughter (een dogter.9
Travel In 1689,Catharina Hoffers travelled from Ceylon having been widowed abroad for the second time, on this occasion her husband Aldert van Jaarsveld had died. She is accompanied by her children (haere kinderen) and three slaves. The number and names of the children who accompanied her are as yet unknown; and, the slaves also remain to be identified. There were two return fleet journeys from Ceylon in 1689 ... both fleets arrived at the Cape in April of that year.9 
Names in the record, in publications, etc.13 November 1689, the name of Catharina was written in the record as Caterina Hoffer.8
NotesOn 11 April 1691 Bernardus Mensingh petitioned the Council of Policy to be absolved of the debt of his deceased wife Catharina Hoffers for travel costs of herself, her children and three slaves from Ceylon to the Cape. The council resolved that he should pay the debt in the interim and address his request to the governors' council in Ceylon. In addition Catharina's will was declared invalid and only two transcriptions of an inventory of her jewelry appear to have survived.11

Citations

  1. [S790] E-mail from Corney Keller to SA Genealogie, dated 9 April 2014 "Die ondertrou van 13 Oktober 1680 lui as volg:
    Aldert van Jaarsvelt, wed:r van Christina Joppe,
    met
    Catharina Hoffers [wed:e] van Nicolaes Reijniersen, beide woonende op de Hoogstraat.
    < getrout den 27 Octob: 1680>"
  2. [S392] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Mar), 1665-1695: ao 1689
    Den 13 9vember sijn in dne huijwelijke staedt vereenigt Bernardus Mensingh, van Herfordt, jonghman ende vrijborger alhier, met Caterina Hoffer, van Dordt, wedu ende vrijborgeresse alhier, transcribed by Richard Ball, Norfolk, England, (May 2006), Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/. Hereinafter cited as Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Mar).
  3. [S790] E-mail from Corney Keller to SA Genealogie, 9 April 2014 "Tenslotte was Catharina al 39 jaar oud to sy trou met Aldert.
    Die ondertrou van 13 Oktober 1680 lui as volg:
    Aldert van Jaarsvelt, wed:r van Christina Joppe,
    met
    Catharina Hoffers [wed:e] van Nicolaes Reijniersen, beide woonende op de Hoogstraat.
    < getrout den 27 Octob: 1680>
    NOTE: No place of marriage provided."
  4. [S204] Dr. J. Hoge, Personalia of the Germans at the Cape, 1652-1806, Archives Year Book for South African History (Cape Town: Government Printer, Union of South Africa, 1946), p.267. Catharina Hoffers, wid. Nicolaas van den Sande of Middelburg. (C6, pp. 368, 372; MOOC 10/22 nr. 2; letter of 30.3.1712 to the Orphan Masters of Middelburg in Uitgaande Briewen O.C. vol. 1, according to which the only surviving child of C. Hoffers' six children by her first marriage was Reinier v. d. Sande; see G.K. nr. 826.). Hereinafter cited as Personalia.
  5. [S790] E-mail from Corney Keller to SA Genealogie, 9 April 2014 "Die ondertrou van 13 Oktober 1680 lui as volg:
    Aldert van Jaarsvelt, wed:r van Christina Joppe,
    met
    Catharina Hoffers [wed:e] van Nicolaes Reijniersen, beide woonende op de Hoogstraat.
    < getrout den 27 Octob: 1680>
    NOTE: No place of marriage provided."
  6. [S21] Date estimated by compiler, Delia Robertson and, unless there is corroborating information, should not be considered as anything more than a guide.
  7. [S847] E-mails from Andries Penders to Delia Robertson, 2015 "Trouw Rotterdam (Geref.) 27-10-1680 Ondertrouw Rotterdam 13-10-1680 Aldert van Jaarsvelt , weduwnaer van Christina Joppe , wonende Hoogstraat in Rotterdam met Catharina Hoffers weduwe van Nicolaas Reijniersen, wonende Hoogstraat in Rotterdam."
  8. [S392] NGK G1 1/1, Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Kerken Boek (Mar): ao 1689
    Den 13 9vember sijn in dne huijwelijke staedt vereenigt Bernardus Mensingh, van Herfordt, jonghman ende vrijborger alhier, met Caterina Hoffer, van Dordt, wedu ende vrijborgeresse alhier, May 2006, Genealogical Society of South Africa, eGSSA Branch http://www.eggsa.org/
  9. [S788] Webpage Tanap (http://databases.tanap.net/) "Reference code: C. 21, pp. 17-23.
    Dingsdag 3 April 1691, voormiddags.
    In iegenwoordigheid van alle de leden.
    ...
    De capn. deser besetting Willem Padt, als praesident van weesmeesteren ter vergadering overgeleverd hebbende het testament of uijterste wille van wijlen Catharina Hoffers, [1] huijsvrouw van Christian Mentzing vrijborger te deser plaatse, gepasseerd voor Melchior Kemels, Secretaris van Raaden van Justitie alhier, en getuijgen: So is 't selve na genomene lecture en rijpe raadspleging eenpariger stemme invalide, nul en van geener waarde verklaard, als gepasseerd zijnde voor een persôn tot 't maken van testamenten niet gequalificeerd.
    Notes:
    [1] Catharina Hoffers het Batavia in 1679 met een dogter verlaat as weduwee van Nicolaes Reijnierse. (Kol. Arch. 594: Generaele Resolutiën des Casteels Batavia van den jare 1679, p. 377. Sy het Ceylon in 1689 "met haere kinderen" en drie slawe verlaat. (C.417, deel II: Ink. Brieven, 1688-1689, p. 608.) Vir verdere besonderhede sien Argief-jaarboek vir Suid-Afrikaanse Geskiedenis, negende jaargang, pp. 267-268."
  10. [S788] Webpage Tanap "Reference no.: MOOC8/1_no number 01; Testator(s): Catharina Hoffers; 16 Junij 1691
    Reference no.: MOOC10/1.2; Testator(s): Catharina Hoffers; 16 Junij 1691."
  11. [S788] Webpage Tanap "Reference code: C. 21, pp. 24-27.
    Woensdag 11 April 1691, voormiddag.
    In iegenwoordigheid van alle de leden behalven mr. C. J. Simons.
    ...
    Christian Mentzing, [2] vrij silversmid hier ter plaatse, hebbende ter vergadering versogt quijtslag van honderd Rixd., dewelke wijlen Christina Hoffers, sijn huijsvrouw, an d' E.Comp. volgens 't schrijvens van den Heer Commandeur en Raaden tot Galen de dato 22 Januarij 1689 om hier in haar cassa te betâlen verschuld is, [3] wegens kost en vragtgeld voor haar en haar kinderen en drie slaven van Ceijlon met een der retourschepen herward overgevoerd; So is eenpariger stemme verstaan dat hij Christian Mentzing de geseide honderd Rixd. bij provisie in 's Comps. cassa sal hebben te betaalen en dat 't hem vrij sal staan, bij requeste an Gouverneur en Raaden van Ceijlon de geseide quijtslag der honderd Rixd. te versoeken.
    Notes:
    [2] Volgens dr. Hoge is Christian Mentzing en Bernhardus Mensing een en dieselfde persoon. Hy was getroud met Catharina Hoffers, nie Christina Hoffers, soos hier per abuis beweer word nie. Sien die negende jaargang van Argief-jaarboek vir Suid-Afrikaanse Geskiedenis, p. 267."
  12. [S789] E-mails from Mansell Upham (e-mail address) to Delia Robertson, 10 Apr 2014 (Personal Library, Email Upham) "Renier van der Sande `from Batavia`
    (s/o Nikolaas Reiniersen van der Sande (from Middelburg) & Catharina Hoffers (from Dordrecht)."
  13. [S789] E-mails from Mansell Upham to Delia Robertson, 10 Apr 2014.
  14. [S789] E-mails from Mansell Upham to Delia Robertson, 10 Apr 2014 "b8     Adriaen van Jaarsvelt."
 

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